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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by pmontra on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:27AM (#31000753)
The first Mac (actually Macintosh back then) had a 9" monochrome screen with 512x342 resolution, so less than EGA (16 colors). [1] The Macintosh and EGA were released at about the same time. [2]

[1] https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_classic/specs/mac_128...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter

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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by GeekyBear on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:45AM (#31000859)
Remember CGA with a maximum resolution of 640×200 in two color mode or 320x200 at four color mode?

It was also supported in Windows, and given that Windows also kept a separate copy of the menubar as part of every window's chrome, they could have really called it Microsoft Window.

The need for a user interaction method that works at such a low resolution is the origin of Windows users expecting a UI that keeps every Window maximized.

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